Rent Battlefleet: Royal Navy in the 20th Century (2002)
7h 46min
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- Synopsis:
"Battlefleet: Royal Navy in the 20th Century" is the most comprehensive film history on the subject ever produced. It sweeps you from the pre-Great War days and the earliest Dreadnoughts to today's frontline RN fighting ships, calling upon the unrivalled film archives of British Movietone News and material especially filmed for the series around the globe. Much of this material has never been made available to the public before and some represents the only known film material of historic Royal Navy vessels. In the early years of the 20th Century, the Battleships and Dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy represented a power unrivalled in the world. This video looks at those majestic fighting ships and details combat at sea during the First World War. It reveals how many fine navy ships were scrapped in the inter-war years, and covers the desperate shipbuilding programme to prepare the Navy for the Second World War. It then looks at the Navy at war against Axis forces around the globe, revealing how tactics changed in response to air power and other new threats... After the Second World War, the Royal Navy faced immense challenges in the new Cold War world. There was no Empire to patrol any more. Instead, with the Polaris project, the Royal Navy became a vital part of Britain's nuclear deterrent. As the decades passed, the role of the Royal Navy seemed to be progressively downgraded except for its submarines - until the Falklands War saw it called upon to perform the seemingly impossible - a task it achieved but which truly stretched its capabilities. After action in the Gulf, today the Royal Navy has found a new and important role as part of international peacekeeping efforts... - Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
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- British TV, TV Documentaries
